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Pork chops are now ribeyes as U.S. meat industry renames cuts
Reuters ^
| 4/4/2013
| P.J. Huffstutter
Posted on 04/04/2013 5:25:31 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley
Not surprised by this move, especially with inflation. Keen marketing really. People have been used to pay XX for a ‘pork chop’ for decades but inflation is pushing the prices so high, people are noticing the difference. Change the cut a bit and rename it and the price association in people’s minds won’t be there.
Stuff like this also happened during pricing freezes where butchers created new cuts to not fall under the frozen prices of the old cut.
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:28:26 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: markomalley
We're not as dumb as they think...
They could leave the label off....I'd never mistake pork for beef or chicken...
To: markomalley
Soooooooo....They're going to cure "consumer confusion" by changing all the names......
......BRILLIANT!!
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:29:37 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
To: markomalley
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:29:59 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Sacajaweau
We're not as dumb as they think... If you are referring to "We" as in people here, you are right. But for the population as a whole, well, have you seen the ratings for this show?
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:31:35 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: markomalley
It reminds me of when they renamed the “USDA good” grade of meat “USDA select.” Didn’t fool me.
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:32:06 PM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
(Io Triumphe!)
To: markomalley
Most likely raising the price $1 per pound also.
To: markomalley
A pork chop is a pork chop is a pork chop.
And a lamb chop is a lamb chop is a lamb chop.
Most of these names have been around longer than we have. Good grief, what a dumb and confusing idea.
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:36:16 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: markomalley
Did they rename pork rectums to something more savory?
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:38:58 PM PDT
by
rabidralph
(http://www.cafepress.com/westernwis)
To: markomalley
Dumbing down everything. Some of us actually were not “confused” by the names. Now that we are going to diversify meat cuts to the same names between animals, I wonder what the drum sticks are going to look like on a cow. (Or do I have to say beef)
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:39:28 PM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: mnehring
To: mnehring
Change the language. That will change the traditions, change the morals and change the government/country.
What an Evil socialism is!
Changing the names of meat is just more dumbing down of the people.
What a steaming pile!
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:41:49 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts help hold the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
To: markomalley
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:42:41 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: American in Israel
Why don’t they just label pork “the other white meat”....Nevermind...
To: markomalley
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:43:56 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: mnehring
Who in the south buys pork? We've got so many ferals down here that you can get all the pork you want, if you have the skillsets.
/johnny
To: markomalley
How about just having a picture of a pig on the package with an arrow pointing to where it comes from. That way they won't need to come up with Spanish names for the parts for all of Juan McCain's new amigos.
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:46:38 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
To: JoeProBono
“two years of consumer research”
Two years of polling Obama voters.
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:47:25 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts help hold the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
To: Cicero
Most of these names have been around longer than we have. Good grief, what a dumb and confusing idea. Hmmmm, sounds familiar.
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posted on
04/04/2013 5:48:28 PM PDT
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
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